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adjective

as in disliked

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verb

past tense of hate
as in despised
to dislike strongly she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!

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Recent Examples of hated
Adjective
The bull market of the early 2010s was called the most hated rally in history. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The left's most hated author — JK Rowling — has dropped the hammer on the disgusting things that took place at the Indiana Fever-Seattle Storm game earlier this week. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 Props to new president of basketball operations in Mike Gansey, who was not only able to pry the 2024 NBA Finals MVP from a hated rival, but also had the roster in a good enough position to land one of the greatest players in history. — Rob Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2026 The ultimate gut punch came in the NFC Wild Card game when Green Bay blew a 21-3 halftime lead at Chicago, allowed 25 fourth quarter points and fell to the hated Bears, 31-27. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 So how does Jordan Walker feel about being the most hated man in Philadelphia right now? — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 July 2026 The combination would create arguably the most hated forward line in the NHL. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 While many of the plot details are being kept in the catcher’s mitt, sources say the rom-com is described as Bull Durham meets Notting Hill with Stone playing the most hated woman in baseball. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026 No word if Musk, who was, according to Gallup, found to be the most hated man in America last year, has changed his mind about this. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
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But Staley was hated and run out of Los Angeles after posting a 24-24 regular-season record and zero playoff wins in nearly three seasons. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Wall Street would have hated it, which may be why Yoshida never gave Wall Street the chance. — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 In other words, the most powerful man in France hated Grandier. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 That’s an impressive debut for a movie that critics largely… hated. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect of the Guggenheim Museum, hated white paint. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 Wynne added that Vaughan would have hated the idea of AI taking away work from voiceover artists. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Pratt said the girls will now grow up with questions that no child should ever have to ask – including Ava’s question asking why Flynn hated her mother so much. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2026 Pike said her last words, an offering of love to those who loved her and those who hated her, and prepared. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hated
  1. disliked
  2. despised
Adjective
  • But the irony of naming an airport after someone who so deeply disliked flying?
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This sense of threat can trigger authoritarian tendencies, including support for taking away civil liberties like the ability to give public speeches or run for political office from disliked others.
    — Paul Djupe, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of disliked
Verb
  • In both projects, she was tasked not only with playing the same person from young adulthood to maturity, but also with bringing new dimension to a literary character whom readers have misguidedly despised for decades.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And Hadl, who both was an assistant coach and later an administrator at KU, not to mention one of the greatest KU players of all time, also despised the Tigers.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of despised

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“Hated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hated. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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